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Sigh. They were not giving zinc supplements. It’s really frustrating that the theorized mechanism of HCQ effectiveness as a prophylactic is its ability to tran
by garmaine 6y ago
Sigh. They were not giving zinc supplements.
It’s really frustrating that the theorized mechanism of HCQ effectiveness as a prophylactic is its ability to transport zinc across cell walls (zinc interrupts the viral RNA replication), yet these trials don’t include zinc supplements.
- lbeltrame 6y ago> Sigh. They were not giving zinc supplements. Check the supplementary data. There were confounding factors, but a group of patients took zinc, and there is no difference between the two groups. Bear in mind that this study has no say on the use as a treatment.
- garmaine 6y agoThanks, that's good to know.